Graceson Aufderheide is a Southern California based artist-scientist. He received his BA in both art and physics from Pomona College in Claremont, CA. His work explores the systems used to build the world, and he seeks understanding through fundamental knowledge.

Born and raised in Ojai, CA, Aufderheide has always been creating. Since elementary school he has been drawing, painting, and photographing. In high school he began working with precious and semi-precious metals to make both sculptures and jewelry. He also began building structural elements using wood and steel.

In college, Aufderheide began studying furniture design and functional sculpture. He also began to shoot medium and large format black and white film. Using these mediums, all of his work began to investigate how the world is constructed through formal observations.

Currently, Graceson is back in Ojai where he is busy producing new work for an upcoming book collaboration with his classmates from college.